As I was driving home yesterday, the radio reported that the high temperature that day had been 104°. I was inside most of the day — I did leave the office for lunch — so I can't say how hot it was, only that my truck was hot, as it usually is.
The radio reported that the present temperature was 94° at DFW Airport. I suspect that the true temperature was somewhere in between. It was hot, but it didn't feel as hot as 104° — nor did it feel as cool as 94°.
Strangely, it dropped into the upper 80s before sundown.
It sounds like today may be the hottest day of the year. Current forecasts are expecting highs of 102° or 103°, which wouldn't beat yesterday's 104°, but if reality exceeds expectations, as it often does in the summer, it could.
As far as I was concerned, it was a normal, hot August afternoon in north Texas. I must have lived through thousands of 'em.
Last night's low was expected to be in the upper 70s. It was 81° when I woke up.
This morning's meter reading is 17589. Yesterday's reading was 17561 so my consumption in the last 24 hours was 28 kWh. That's nearly 9% higher than the previous 24–hour period, which isn't nearly as much of an increase as I feared, given the temperature readings we've had lately, and it is about 9% lower than my consumption on this day in 2013.
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